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The 'gud' npm package is a simple utility for generating unique IDs. It is often used in scenarios where unique identifiers are needed, such as in React applications for keys or in any other JavaScript application where unique IDs are required.
Generate Unique IDs
This feature allows you to generate a unique ID. The 'gud' function, when called, returns a unique identifier that can be used in various parts of your application.
const gud = require('gud');
const uniqueId = gud();
console.log(uniqueId);
The 'uuid' package is a popular library for generating UUIDs (Universally Unique Identifiers). It offers more options and configurations compared to 'gud', such as generating different versions of UUIDs (v1, v3, v4, v5). It is more robust and widely used in the industry.
The 'nanoid' package is a tiny, secure, URL-friendly, unique string ID generator for JavaScript. It is smaller in size compared to 'uuid' and 'gud', and it is designed to be fast and secure. It is a good alternative if you need a lightweight solution.
The 'shortid' package is used to generate short, non-sequential, URL-friendly unique IDs. It is useful when you need shorter IDs compared to UUIDs. However, it is worth noting that 'shortid' is no longer actively maintained, and 'nanoid' is recommended as a replacement.
Create a 'gud nuff' (not cryptographically secure) globally unique id
yarn add gud
const gud = require('gud');
console.log(gud()); // 1
console.log(gud()); // 2
This is ever so slightly better than using something like _.uniqueId
because
it will work across multiple copies of the same module.
Do not use this in place of actual UUIDs, security folks will hate me.
This will not be unique across processes/workers.
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Create a 'gud nuff' (not cryptographically secure) globally unique id
We found that gud demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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